Stamford

Webster Financial Corp. reported second-quarter profit of $256.8 million with earnings of $1.56 per share, adjusted to $1.60 per share, falling short of analysts' expectations of $1.61 per share. The company's revenue of $1.12 billion and net interest expense-adjusted revenue of $740 million also missed forecasts of $749.3 million.

Two 14-year-olds, Brayden Morrissey and Dominic Diliberto, fled from Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officers at a New Jersey train station and are now missing after vanishing in Connecticut. They were last seen with William Connolly, 17, who was taken into protective custody while the two younger boys escaped. Authorities are actively searching for the teenagers.

Eric Riettie, 27, of Stamford was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for participating in a narcotics trafficking ring in southwestern Connecticut. The sentencing was conducted by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford.

Amonda Mendez, also known as 'M-Dot' and 'Dot,' admitted to selling drugs and a firearm while on federal supervised release. She pleaded guilty in New Haven federal court to a narcotics trafficking offense and acknowledged violating her supervised release conditions.